Oil is ‘the fuel of the past,’ says President Obama

Yahoo! News ^ | March 7, 2012 | Olivier Knox |

[Free ThinkerNY]

President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed oil as "the fuel of the past" as he made an unapologetic election-year pitch for his alternative energy industry policies and sniped at Republicans over painfully high gasoline prices.

"They get out on the campaign trail—and you and I both know there are no quick fixes to this problem—but listening to them, you'd think there were," he said at a Daimler Truck manufacturing plant in the battleground state of North Carolina.

Obama said that because the United States accounts for 20 percent of the world's consumption of oil but has only 2 percent of its petroleum reserves, "we're not going to be able to just drill our way out of the problem of high gas prices. Anybody who tells you otherwise either doesn't know what they're talking about or they aren't telling you the truth."

"Here is the truth. If we are going to control our energy future, then we've got to have an all-of-the-above strategy," he said in his speech. "We've got to develop every source of American energy—not just oil and gas, but wind power and solar power, nuclear power, biofuels."

[ldish]

nobama...oh so FOS and a lying SOB to boot!!

[BusyBeeLA]

And that post Sir, has just made my evening!

[BobP]

OK then use solar to fly around in AF1! How about the beast use solar or wind for that as well.

I wish he was of the past!

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'Drill baby, Drill!'

Barack 'Jackwagon' Obama only hears the voice of those committed to his Marxist vision.

No Plan, No Leadership! -- We much resist! I say we much!

Countdown until Jackwagon leaves Office: 319 days as of March 7, 2012.

[abclily]

Do you think he really believes the green energy fantasy? Or does he realize it’s all a hoax?

[Colorado Cowgirl]

“jobs?” We don’t need no stinking jobs, we got a check coming in the mail!!! Thank you massa Obama.

[AmericanVictory]

Have you looked into the source of his 2% figure?

[AmericanVictory]

Did you try pouring dilithium crystals into the gas tank of your car? How did it run when you did?

[Tallguy]

I think that the “Green Energy” initiatives are a way to persuade the ignorant electorate that there ARE alternatives to Oil & Coal, when in fact they aren't even close. This way the government can dismantle the free US economy in favor of the government controlled version. The government economy has a symbiotic relationship with the Democrat Party — a nice ancillary benefit to maintain power.

[karnage]

This goof knows nothing. Oil will be the fuel of every economy until our children’s children...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Fly him to Hawaii on a battery powered plane!

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

primitive societies used to burn cow chips as fuel.......seems like the prez is advocating bs as the fuel of the future.

[no-to-illegals]

The sun is baking more brains than first thought. There be a whole host of baked brains, but not to worry, algore has a plan (from what have heard) to put out the sun. Zer0 must have subscribed to the same plan.

[no-to-illegals]

Oil will be the fuel of every economy until our children’s children... or ... natural gas. Not the bs kind zer0 throws out his butt, (excuse me) mouth.

[Sgt_Schultze]

I bet the US produces substantially less than 2% of the world’s lithium yet consumes gulps of it making batteries for electronic devices and automobiles. And Obie wants us to become more dependent on big lithium..

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Two words: dilithium crystals”

Thank you! It’s been a l-o-n-g day and that made me LOL!

*BIG SMILE*

[Kickass Conservative]

Says the man who just burned enough Fossil Fuels on this Campaign trip to run all the vehicles for my entire extended Family for a year, if not longer.

Oh I'm sorry, it wasn't a Campaign Trip, it was a Presidential visit, appearance, function, fact finding tour, er......
Give me a minute.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-——*BIG SMILE*-——

I heard about it on TV ;-)